Motherhood and Farming

The Soft Focus

We are back with another solo episode on the podcast. Today, Corinne is diving into the (sometimes thorny) topic of motherhood. This time, the context is in agriculture.

This isn’t about advice, and it’s not a how-to. This is simply a personal reflection on how Corinne wound up raising babies at Late Bloomer Ranch, and her general philosophy around parenting.

In this episode, Corinne dives into:

• A holistic approach to parenting, and life
• The interconnectedness of ranching and motherhood
• Her personal resistance to getting married, and having children
• Her background and early preference for urban life
• How farming came into her life by accident
• The Late Bloomer Ranch Story with Corinne and Elliana
• The ways that farming healed her, and her life in recovery
• When things started to shift, and how she knew she actually did want to have children
• The similarities of motherhood and farming
• How Corinne thinks about the core principles of holism in parenting
• Accepting all feelings with boundaries and limits
• Dealing with overwhelm
• Asking for help
• Joys of children connecting with the more-than-human world
• Bringing children into all aspects of the birth-death cycle
• Lastly, tips for selecting livestock for your own small acreage and homestead endeavors.

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